It’s been millions of years since dinosaurs walked the Earth, but they left plenty of remains behind for us to find. Paleontologists can learn a lot about what dinosaurs looked like and even their respective places on the food chain based on their bones, but figuring out how the bodies of these ancient beasts functioned is a great deal more difficult.
A new research paper published in PLOS One explains how scientists studying one particular species of dinosaur discovered something incredible about its teeth. The carnivorous Majunasaurus loved meat and bones so much that it evolved the ability to replace its teeth at a staggering pace.
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